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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. In just four minutes, a federal
judge has temporarily blocked Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to Uganda. Abrago.
Garcia's lawyers filed a challenge of Trump administration's efforts to
deport him for a second time after he was detained

(00:23):
by Ice again. The governor of Illinois says he's sounding
the alarm after learning President Trump may send National Guard
troops to the streets of Chicago. Democrat JB. Pritzker says
there is no emergency such as crime that would warrant
sending in the Guard.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Mister President, do not come to Chicago.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Pritzker says it would be illegal and unconstitutional to send
in troops, and he believes Trump is only trying to
intimidate his political rivals. The Republican led House Oversight Committee
is issuing a new subpoena for documents held by the
estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee
is moving ahead with its probe into the disgraced financier

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with a request for his will, any documents resembling a
client list, any black books containing Epstein's contacts, flight logs,
and an alleged book of birthday letters from Epstein's friends.
Unconfirmed reports of an active shooter at the University of
South Carolina and a false report at Villanova University led

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to lockdowns and evacuations Sunday. Monica Nelson reports.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
USC ordered students and staff on its Columbia campus to
shelter in place, saying an active shooter had been reported
on campus. Officials later said there was no evidence of
a shooter. At Villanova and Pennsylvania, a hoax report temporarily
disrupted things on campus. It was the second fake shooter
report at the school in a week.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
On Monica Nelson, charges have been filed against Lil naz
X following his arrest in Los Angeles last week. The rapper,
whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, was arrested early
Friday morning after officers found him walking naked on the street.
I'm Brian Shook. There are more Legionnaires disease cases being

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reported in New York City. Scott Pringle has more.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Health officials are telling NBC four there are now two
new cases that stem from bacteria in hot water infecting
two BRONX residents who share a condo building. This is
separate from the huge Legionnaire's cluster and Harlem that has
resulted in six deaths and more than one hundred people
sick in this summer. Acting Health Commissioner doctor Michelle Morse,
this is the time of.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Year when, unfortunately, the type of bacteria that we are
worried about, Legionella, grows very quickly.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Scott Pringle reporting postal services around the world are halting
some deliveries to the US over confusion about new import
duties on parcels. Tammy Trehillo explains.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
Tony Waterman breaks down what's at the root of the problem.

Speaker 5 (02:54):
For decades, international shipments into the United States valued under
eight hundred dollars had been exempted from US tariffs. Trump
says that that is undermining US company's.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
Trump signed an executive order last month abolishing the trade loophole.
As a result, global mail carriers based in Britain, France,
and Germany will be among those temporarily suspending shipments to
the US starting this week. Under the new rules, personal
gifts worth less than one hundred dollars will be exempt,
but all other packages will face the same tariffs as
imports from their country of origin.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
The Netflix Sony Pictures animation K Pop Demon Hunters had
quite a showing in theaters so for the weekend, bringing
in an estimated eighteen million dollars at the box office,
despite its availability on Netflix for the past two months. Meanwhile,
Netflix is now out with the streaming sing along version
of the company's most watched animated film ever. In other

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box office news, the recently released horror hit Weapons in
its third weekend brought in fifteen point six million dollars,
for a running total of one hundred fifteen point eight
million dollars since its release. I'm Brian Shook